Rugrats: Season 1

1991 · 25 episodes · ★ 6.9

What Season 1 of Rugrats

Season 1 of Rugrats has 25 episodes and premiered on August 11, 1991. Here is the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

25episodes

Aug 11, 1991premiered

May 24, 1992latest episode

4.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Tommy's First Birthday
Aug 11, 1991 · 22 min
Stu and Didi strive to make Tommy's first birthday a memorable one. They did, but under the wrong circumstances. Meanwhile Tommy wants to eat dog food so he can be just like Spike, eventually selling the other Rugrats on the idea.
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: Paul Germain, Craig Bartlett · Starring: Phil Proctor
1x02 Barbeque Story
Aug 18, 1991 · 11 min
Tommy has received his favorite toy in the whole world -- a ball. Angelica, always looking to spoil the babies' fun, takes the ball and tosses it into the neighbors' yard, resulting in the babies risking life and limb looking for it.
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten
1x03 Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup
Aug 18, 1991 · 11 min
Stu and Didi ended up taking Tommy to an important dinner at "Chez Ennui" with Mr. Mucklehoney (president of Mucklehoney Industries, a toy company), since Tiffany the babysitter (via telephone) and Grandpa have different plans (the babysitter's OTHER goldfish died and Grandpa was going bowling with a friend of his named Louise). Tommy, however, has plans of his own, and proceeds to get loose in the resturant kitchen, causing absolute chaos.
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain
1x04 At the Movies
Aug 25, 1991 · 11 min
Tommy wants to see the Reptar movie, but his parents take him and the other Rugrats to the Westside Octoplex to see The Land Without Smiles (starring the Dummi Bears) instead. The Rugrats leave the Dummi Bears to go look for Reptar (showing at the same theater), leaving a path of destruction behind them.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Craig Bartlett, Paul Germain · Starring: Scott Menville, Tami Holbrook
1x05 Slumber Party
Aug 25, 1991 · 11 min
Angelica sleeps over at Tommy's, but her desire for an open window leaves Tommy feeling ill. This results in some very bizarre dreams.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Jeffrey Townsend
1x06 Baby Commercial
Sep 8, 1991 · 11 min
Betty tells the story of how Phil and Lil got placed in a diaper commercial where the twins preferred exploring and destroying the set rather than sticking to the script.
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere · Starring: Jeremy Piven, Phil Proctor
1x07 Little Dude
Sep 8, 1991 · 11 min
Didi brings Tommy to her work place - the local high school, for use as a visual aid. But when Tommy gets free and roams around campus, he becomes friends with a rebellious biker.
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: M.S. Freeman · Starring: Scott Menville, Jackie Gonneau, Jeremy Piven, Tami Holbrook
1x08 Beauty Contest
Sep 15, 1991 · 11 min
Stu and Lou enter Tommy in a beauty pageant for baby girls when they learn that the Grand Prize is the Kingfisher 9000 (a top of the line sport fishing boat). But will a dress and a wig fool Tommy's toughest competiton...Angelica?
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Everett Peck
1x09 Baseball
Sep 15, 1991 · 11 min
Stu and Grandpa take Tommy to see a Grizzlies' baseball game. Tommy, however, is more interested in his balloon hunt than the game, and his balloon hunt helps make a very important play for the Grizzlies' player Bucky Majors..
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: M.S. Freeman · Starring: Scott Menville
1x10 Ruthless Tommy
Oct 6, 1991 · 11 min
Being mistaken for the son of the millionaire Ronald Thump, Tommy is kidnapped by some thugs named Bob and Mike. But the kidnappers soon find out that it was more trouble than it was worth when Tommy begins flushing their stolen loot down the toilet.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Ron Birnbach · Starring: Phil Proctor
1x11 Moose Country
Oct 6, 1991 · 11 min
After hearing Grandpa's mythical story about a moose, the Rugrats go look for one.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Jeffrey Townsend
1x12 Grandpa's Teeth
Nov 17, 1991 · 11 min
Grandpa is supposed to play his trumpet at a Veteran's Picnic, but Spike runs off with his dentures. Tommy and Chuckie set out to get them back in the craziest wild-duck chase in the history of dental rescue.
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: Ben Herndon, Margot Pipkin · Starring: Brian Cummings, Dan Gilvezan, Dana Hill, Danny Mann
1x13 Momma Trauma
Nov 17, 1991 · 11 min
After Tommy is found drawing on walls at the Pickles' house, Stu and Didi take him to a psychiatrist name Dr. Lepetomaine. When Tommy breaks free and has an adventure around the medical office building, Stu ends up being the one psychoanalyzed.
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere · Starring: Dan Gilvezan, Brian Cummings, Jeremy Piven, Michele Mariana
1x14 Real or Robots
Dec 1, 1991 · 11 min
After seeing a scary movie, Tommy and Chuckie decide to find out if Stu is a human or robot. Too bad his sleepwalking makes him appear to be a mechanical monster!
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Steve Viksten, Joe Ansolabehere · Starring: Dana Hill
1x15 Special Delivery
Dec 1, 1991 · 11 min
When Stu orders a "Tina Trousers" doll from Eggbert Toys to see how it compares to his own "Patty Pants" design, Tommy think the Pickles' are getting a new baby in the mail. Hitching a ride with the mailman, Tommy ends up exploring the post office.
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Maiya Williams, Patric M. Verrone · Starring: Danny Mann
1x16 Candy Bar Creep Show
Jan 5, 1992 · 11 min
The Pickles family sets up a haunted house for Halloween, and Angelica is determined to find all the Reptar Bars. But when the Rugrats go searching for them as well, will they end up scaring her off?
Directing: Howard E. Baker · Writing: Tom Abrams, David Howard
1x17 Monster in the Garage
Jan 5, 1992 · 11 min
When Spike is accused by Stu of knocking things over in the Pickles' garage, the Rugrats go to investigate what really happened and clear Spike's name. Believing it to be a monster, will the babies be brave enough to discover who the real culprit is?
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Peter Gaffney
1x18 Weaning Tommy
Feb 16, 1992 · 11 min
On advice from Dr. Homer, Tommy's dentist (Didi prefers calling him a "tooth fairy"), Stu and Didi want Tommy to start drinking from a cup. Tommy, however, wants to stick with the baby bottle.
Dirección: Howard E. Baker · Guion: Ann Lewis Hamilton · Con: Danny Mann
1x19 Incident in Aisle Seven
Feb 16, 1992 · 11 min
When Grandpa Lou takes Tommy with him to the supermarket, madcap adventure follows as Tommy gets loose and goes on a quest for Reptar cereal.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Lou Greenstein, Larry Loebell · Starring: Scott Menville, Mark Mothersbaugh
1x20 Touchdown Tommy
Mar 29, 1992 · 11 min
After being inspired by their dads watching a football game, Tommy and the other Rugrats use the living room for a little grid-iron fun of their own... keeping Angelica from stealing their chocolate milk.
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Tom Abrams, David Howard · Starring: Phil Proctor, Chick Hearn, Jeremy Piven
1x21 The Trial
Mar 29, 1992 · 11 min
Someone broke "Mr. Fluffles" (Angelica calls it "Mr. Fluffle-Luffles"), Tommy's clown lamp, and Angelica wants to find out who. The finger-pointing, however, eventually points back to her.
Directing: Norton Virgien · Writing: Paul Germain
1x22 Fluffy vs. Spike
Apr 12, 1992 · 11 min
Angelica brings her cat Fluffy over to the Pickles' house, where it makes a mess. When Angelica blames the cat's misdeeds on Spike, will Tommy be able to clear his dog's name?
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten
1x23 Reptar's Revenge
Apr 12, 1992 · 11 min
The Rugrats hear that Reptar is supposed to be appearing in person at the Sleazola Bros. Fair, so they go looking for him there. But Reptar turns out to be more than just a mean green monster... He's a guy named Leo who loves to eat cereal.
Directing: Dan Thompson · Writing: Peter Gaffney · Starring: Scott Menville, Danny Mann
1x24 Graham Canyon
May 24, 1992 · 11 min
Stu and Didi take Tommy and Angelica on a car trip to the Grand Canyon, but their car breaks down. While exploring the garage repair shop, the Rugrats unwittingly foil two unscrupulous mechanics who were planning to rip them off.
Directing: Craig Bartlett · Writing: Craig Bartlett · Starring: Pat Buttram, Linda Gary
1x25 Stu-Maker's Elves Season Finale
May 24, 1992 · 11 min
Tommy and Chuckie accidentally toss their glider plane into the scary basement. They explore Stu's workshop and inadvertently fix an invention.
Directing: Craig Bartlett · Writing: Joe Ansolabehere, Steve Viksten